God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.
WILLIAM COWPERAbsence of proof is not proof of absence.
More William Cowper Quotes
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I will pray, therefore, for blessings on my friends, even though they cease to be so, and upon my enemies, though they continue such.
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Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection.
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What peaceful hours I once enjoy’d! How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void The world can never fill.
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A fretful temper will divide the closest knot that may be tied, by ceaseless sharp corrosion; a temper passionate and fierce may suddenly your joys disperse at one immense explosion.
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Events of all sorts creep or fly exactly as God pleases.
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The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear; And something, every day they live, To pity, and perhaps forgive.
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God made the country, and man made the town.
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There is a pleasure in poetic pains / Which only poets know.
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An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.
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God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to performs
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still– My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be found, Shall be constrained to love thee.
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Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.
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War’s a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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Built God a church and laughed His word to scorn.
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While truths, on which eternal things depend, can hardly find a single friend.
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